Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 113
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 113 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Month January 2019
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q23
Critically evaluate the role of Procalcitonin (PCT) as a biomarker in the diagnosis and management of sepsis.
Paediatric Formulae
Paediatric Formulae
FOAM EMCC Blogs 2018
Has the FOAM bubble burst? 2018 review of the Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (EMCC) blogs and podcasts with some surprising results
Cocaine-related Chest Pain
Cocaine is a recreational drug with sympathomimetic effects in additional to being a sodium channel blocker. Cocaine can induce acute coronary syndromes through vasoconstriction, atheroma rupture and/ or dissection
Corrosive Ingestion
Corrosive ingestion may be life-threatening due to airway compromise or GI perforation, or due to agent-specific systemic toxicity.
Cocaine Toxicity
Cocaine Toxicity potentially life-threatening sympathomimetic syndrome with sodium channel blockade.
CICM SAQ 2015.1 Q12
You are called to urgently review a 73-year-old female who is ventilated following admission with severe community-acquired pneumonia. She had a tracheostomy five days ago. She has now acutely desaturated and developed high airway pressures.
Sodium Channel Blocker Toxicity
AGENTS NB. phenytoin and sodium valproate do not usually present with features of sodium channel blockade in overdose. CLINICAL FEATURES INVESTIGATIONS SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT AND TRIGGERS FOR INTERVENTION References and Links
Sodium Valproate Overdose
Sodium valproate is a commonly used anti-epileptic drug, that come sin standard and enteric coated forms. Toxicity is characterised by metabolic failure, resulting in multi-organ dysfunction and cerebral edema
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Retention in COPD
Excessive oxygen administration can lead to hypercapnic respiratory failure in some COPD patients. COPD patients with more severe hypoxemia are at higher risk of CO2 retention from uncontrolled O2 administration
Compare and Contrast Template
OVERVIEW In the FCICM exam this means ‘describe similarities and differences (e.g. in table form)’ useful to base structure on the key features of the alternatives TEMPLATE ‘AEIOU’ Availability and cost Evidence and place in guidelines Information given (vs gold…